- Exposed Gallery reveals its latest photography show: 16 new works by Kim Weston, inspired by painters such as the controversial Balthus and the inimitable Picasso. “The themes from [their] paintings have become old friends and give me endless satisfaction in my journey to solving the problem.” It opens 5-8pm Friday, July 15. 624-8111, www.GalleryExposed.blogspot.com.
- The Pacific Grove Art Center is getting even more welcoming to creative expression with a free open mic night 7-10:30pm every Friday this month. Would-be entertainers get 10 minutes. A reception follows. 410-399-1005.
- Start your Saturday with an organic breakfast at Earthbound Farm Stand and a heaping bowl of poetry served up warm by Elliot Ruchowitz-Roberts, Patrice Vecchione and Susan McDonald. The three will read poetry based on zen master Eihei Dogen’s short poem “Listening to the Rain.” 9-11am July, $30/adult, $10/child, free/child under 6. RSVP at 659-7138.
- Weston Gallery honors the legacy of the late photographer Chip Hooper (1962-2016) with a show titled California’s Pacific: 2nd Set, opening 4-6pm Saturday, July 16. The gallery says Hooper was also a “pillar in the music world” in his other capacity as a booking agent for Dave Matthews Band, Phish and others. The show runs through Sept. 16. 624-4453, www.WestonGallery.com.
- The times, are they a changin’? In the wake of the #OscarsSoWhite controversy, many of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Science’s 683 new invites are going to people of color (41 percent) and women (46 percent). “It moves the needle only a few percentage points for both groups,” the L.A. Times cautions. But it’s moving in the right direction. Locally, the Monterey County Film Commission board of directors has made a similarly positive move by electing location scout and LocationScouting.com producer Alan Vasquez, who is Mexican-American, as its new president, and recruiting for volunteer board members from South County and the Salinas Valley. 646-0910, www.FilmMonterey.org.
- Soprano Maggie Finnegan, 31, just won first prize and $11,000 at the 63rd annual Washington International Competition for Voice at the Kennedy Center’s Terrace Theater in Washington, D.C. Why does this matter? Finnegan is a York School alumnus, class of 2002. She sang a new piece composed by Lembit Beecher called “It’s a Paradoxical Thing.” Beecher is York class of ’98. www.MaggieFinneganSoprano.com, www.LembitBeecher.com.
Weston Gallery opens a Chip Hooper photo exhibit 4-6pm this Saturday.
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